Sunday, July 4, 2010

New Testament in a Year - July 05

July 05~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

King James and other versions... [http://bibleabc.net/bible/kjv/act8-26.htm]~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~================================================================================

Philip Teaches a Man from Ethiopia26An angel of the Lord spoke to Philip.* The angel said, "Get ready and go south.Go to the road that leads down to Gaza from Jerusalem--the road that goes throughthe desert." 27So Philip got ready and went. On the road he saw a man from Ethiopia.This man was a eunuch.* He was an important officer in the service of Candace, thequeen of the Ethiopians. He was responsible for taking care of all her money. Thisman had gone to Jerusalem to worship. 28Now he was on his way home. He was sittingin his chariot* and reading from the book of Isaiah, the prophet.* 29The Spirit* said to Philip, "Go to that chariot and stay near it." 30So Philip went toward the chariot, and he heard the man reading. He was reading from Isaiah, the prophet.Philip said to him, "Do you understand what you are reading?" 31The man said, "Howcan I understand? I need some person to explain it to me!" Then he invited Philipto climb in and sit with him. 32The part of Scripture* that he was reading was this:"He was like a sheep when it is taken to be killed. He was like a lamb that makesno sound when someone cuts off its wool. He said nothing. 33He was shamed, and allhis rights were taken away. His life on earth was ended. There will be no story about his family (descendants)."Isaiah 53:7-834The officer said to Philip, "Please, tell me, who is the prophet* talking about?Is he talking about himself or about someone else?" 35Philip began to speak. He started with this same Scripture and told the man the Good News* about Jesus. 36Whilethey were traveling down the road, they came to some water. The officer said, "Look!Here is water! What is stopping me from being baptized* ?" 37* 38Then the officercommanded the chariot to stop. Both Philip and the officer went down into the water,and Philip baptized him. 39When they came up out of the water, the Spirit* of theLord took Philip away; the officer never saw him again. The officer continued on his way home. He was very happy. 40But Philip appeared in a city called Azotus. He was going to the city of Caesarea. He told people the Good News* in all the towns on the way from Azotus to Caesarea.